Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin was a French pedagogue and historian who is best known as the founder of the International Olympic Committee.
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“Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared by this law.”
Pierre de Coubertin
“The Olympic Games are not just ordinary world championships but a quadrennial festival of universal youth. . . celebrated by each succeeding generation as it arrives on the threshold of adulthood.”
“If he is knocked out of the competition, he encourages his brothers with his words and presence.”
“May joy and good fellowship reign, and in this manner, may the Olympic Torch pursue its way through ages, increasing friendly understanding among nations, for the good of a humanity always more enthusiastic, more courageous and more pure.”
“Swifter, higher, stronger.”